Improvement in devices for moving buildings



@tutti @Witte STEPHEN INMA-m-or'nocnronn, ILLINOIS.

Letters PatentNe. 107,615, lated September '20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT-'IN `:DEVICES FOR MOVING. BUILDINGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern .-A

Be it known that I; STEPHEN INMAN, of Rockford,`. lin the county ofWinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Devicefor Moving Buildings; and I do hereby declare that the following is`afull and exact description of the same, reference being vhad to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates yto devices for moving buildings or other heavyarticles on 'common roads, and consists in an improved constructiouandarrangement for rollers and frames, as will ybe hereinafter more fullyset forth. Y,

vIn the drawingand Figure 2, a side elevation.

'A is a large frame, and may representthe building or otherlarge body'to he moved,to which each of the trucks is temporarily attached.

The. trucks themselves have double rollers, a a, ou one shaftoi"axle,v\\"hich axles have their bearings in vertical standards, b b,made suflicientl y strong, as are the axles and'rollers, to enduregreatweight.

These standards are shouldered above, and those of eachaxle areconnected by transverse bars, c c, as shown in iig. 1.

When the truck is ycomposed of two pairs of wheels, the -pairsarefurther connected by longitudinal bars, d d, with open slotted ends,embracing the transverse bars, and having the standards passing throughthem, the whole beingconstructed and the parts adapted to each other insuch a manner that the rollers may he ,turned in different directionswithout detachiug the trucks from thc building or frame which rests uponthem.

Thus, the longitudinal hars al (l, renia'iningvin the same direction,the transversebars c c may be swung, turning the rollers in otherdirections, and changing the form of the frame from rectangular torholnbic plan. f

It will be further observcdthat the bearings are upon the centers of thehars or holsters ce. These may beformed with broad hearing plates, withcircular grooves therein for spherical ii'ictiou-rollers, there being acorresponding plate resting upon and rconn` ing the rollers in place.v

'lhese 'upper'.plates are attached to alongitudinal bar, e, which is tohe attached to the building or other structure to bc moved. Thesefriction-rollers, it is evident, are easily kept in place by suitableattachments, as a center bolt, or by the weight of the building, andpermit the trucks, even when heavilyloaded,

Figure lrepresentsnl plan oiithe device reversed,

toitu'rn easily. The transverse barsor holsters swing*-L nnder the har ewith a. motion limited `only bythe con?? tactot' the standards with thebar.

If the bars e of the severalvtrucks are all longitu. dinally arranged,as these are shown in fig. 1, by swingi ing\ the holsters, they may beturned to the right or l it,

aud-the building deflected from v the straight line to considerableextent. If, however, itfbe desired tur move sometimes at right anglestothe rst liuc of motion, the trucks may beset diagonally, as shown in-Then the trucks may be swung parallel to the forward end, x, of theframe of build one truckin iig. 1.

ing,'move forward o`r\parallel to the.. side y, and move Sidewise. v y lf l,

A connecting-bar is provided,'adjustable in length, shown ath, iig. 1,which holds the rollers in any de: sircd position." v l It will'beevident Vthat the side bars and transverse bolster may be attached inany suitable manner, it be- Y ing only provided that the holsters mayhave swing ing inotionfas described.- I have shown thesidebars madeot'open bars of metal, but any other convenient' construction may he lusedwithout departing from the. spirit of 'my invention. v g At the ends ofthe side bars I have arranged loops, f f, into which levers may beplaced, for fthe purpose of turning-,the trucks iu any directiondesired.

l'The cross-bars should he made rounding ou their upper sides, to allowthe parts to adapt themselves tol rounded for thcuneven ground, and therollers are same purpose.

Itis' evident, in the use ot these trucks, that the weight-is equalized,and if one roller drops into a hole the weight will he taken up by theothers, and the building kept from strain.

This apparat-us may be conveniently taken apart' for transportation. y

Having thus fully described my' invention,

. That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

1. truck for moving heavy structures, having double rollers a. (t oneach axle, and center bearings above each pair, the two pairs being soconnected as to swing together in any desired direction.

2. The adj ustahlebar h, constructed and applied to the truck, assetforth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 10th day of June-1870. n Y

STEPHEN INMAN.

itnessesz G. W. FORD, Y CHARLIE S. FORD.

